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Universal Studios has signed a deal with broadband network Intertainer to deliver its films in pay-per-view PPV and video-on-demand VoD format. It is believed to be close to a similar deal with Blockbuster and Enron.The long-term deal will see Universal provide Intertainer with all its new releases and some film library titles starting later this month. Some library TV product will also be included. We believe that video-on-demand is going to become a huge force in home entertainment over the next several years, said Holly Leff-Pressman, senior vi
stanley cup ce president worldwide pay-per-view video-on-demand, Universal Television Networks Group.Intertainer, which is part owned by Microsoft, last year struck a production and distribution deal with Artisan Entertainment Screendaily, Jan
stanley cup 27, 2000 . Miramax has a 12-picture deal with SightSound and last month announced that Guinevere would be the first film available for download Screendaily Jan 18, 2001 . Sony is expected in April to launch its own service Moviefly, with content supplied by its own studios and, possibly, 20th Century Fox. Disney is understood to be aiming for more of a hardware solution, that would see it broadcating over the net to a new set-top box.Some observers see the studios embrace of companies such as Intertainer and Sightsound as moves to get their content onto web in controllable fo
stanley cup rm at a time when online film piracy is growing. An estimated 400,000 bootlegged films a day are swapped on the n Gdtm US Briefs: Sony to re-release Ali this weekend
It proved a close runchallenge at the top of the UK chart this week as two openers fought for thelead. Sony Pictures Releasing International s Closer just pipped UIP s TeamAmerica: World Police thanks to its Thursday previews.With prev
stanley canada iews of $239,961 拢128,432 from 242 sites factored in Closer s weekend finished on $2.9m 拢1.57m ahead of Team America s $2.85m 拢1.53m .Of course, without thepreviews Closer s three-day weekend would have ranked second behind TeamAmerica. Despite this fact Closer was still the stronger performerplaying at 2
stanley uk 76 sites compared to Team America s 327 and thereforeshowing a $9,749 location average compared to Team America s $8,721 ev
stanley cup enwithout the previews included.Clint Eastwood s MillionDollar Baby finished in fifth place while Tartan Films 2046 scoredsolid business in 17th position.Of the holdovers last week sleader White Noise continued to surprise with a strong second weekendseeing a drop off of just 23%, a superb figure for a genre title.The Aviator and Vera Drake also saw good holdover resultsslipping just 15% and 26% week-on-week respectively. Both films multi-BAFTAnominations should help sustain good numbers in the next few weeks.Alexander, however, dived 49% against its opening weekend notincluding previews and is likely to exit the chart before long. No comments No comments yet You re not signed in. Only registered user
